HYGIENIC WATER SUPPLY FOR THE BEES

The bees must have continuous and adequate supply of good quality water for normal development and survival. In their work, the beekeepers use various water supply containers that usually have many disadvantages ( inadequate loading capacity, inconstant supply of water, unsatisfactory sanitary condi...

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Published inJournal of Central European agriculture Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 743 - 752
Main Authors Gordana HEGIĆ, Dragan BUBALO
Format Journal Article
LanguageBulgarian
Published University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture 01.07.2007
Subjects
consumption of water
the bees
water
water supply
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Summary:The bees must have continuous and adequate supply of good quality water for normal development and survival. In their work, the beekeepers use various water supply containers that usually have many disadvantages ( inadequate loading capacity, inconstant supply of water, unsatisfactory sanitary conditions). In order to study permanency, consumption and hygiene of water supply, a new model of hygienic water supply container has been constructed and applied in the experiment on the island of Unije. The trial took place from 26 July to 29 September 2006 and it included six isolated apiaries of equal strength of colonies. During that period, 83 beehives consumed 374,10 litters of water, the average water consumption per beehive being 5,19 ± 2,88 liters. The average daily water consumption per beehive was 0,12 ± 0,07 liters.
ISSN:1332-9049
1332-9049